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What does it take to become a HR Director at 30?
At just 30 years old, Dan Forth became HR Director at Pilot Group, an international electronics and technology business. How did he rise through the ranks so rapidly? We asked Dan this question in...
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Life After Unparalleled Success
How does it feel to achieve the success you’ve always dreamed of?We posed this question to Steven Bartlettin our podcast, entrepreneurial prodigy and founder of Social Chain, a global social media...
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6 Lessons on Nailing Your Company Culture
How can you make your agency’s culture your competitive advantage?This was the theme of our recent podcast with Derek Bishop, Co-Founder of Culture Consultancy. His agency specialises in designing ...
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How to Build a Multimillion-Pound Tech Business
Richard Hayes is an award-winning tech entrepreneur, and we recently had the privilege of hearing his fascinating story in our podcast. His company, Mojo Mortgages, is one of the top online mortga...
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What Sets High-Performance Agencies Apart From the Rest?
As a business mentor and consultant, international key-note speaker and acclaimed author, Robert Craven has helped more than 1,000 companies transform the way they work to become top dogs in thei...
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Are We Facing a Mental Health Crisis in the North West?
The Guardian recently found that of the 15 neighbourhoods with the highest prevalence of depression in the UK, 12 out of 15 were in the North West.Why? And what can we do about it? This is what th...
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How Can Entrepreneurs Achieve Greatness?
Our recent podcast guest, EJ Flynn, is the Managing Director of The Supper Club, an organisation for entrepreneurs post-startup with high growth on their agenda (our Founder and Director, Leon Mil...
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From Tech Agency Owner to Building a Life Saving App
It’s one thing to succeed as a tech agency entrepreneur. But coming up with a feasible idea for a life saving app? That’s an enormous feat of courage and genius. This is why Matt Farrar, Founder o...
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What’s Holding You Back From Success? - Part Two
Welcome back! As promised, this is our blog covering part two of our podcast with John Shinnick. If you haven’t read part one (or listened to the podcast), we recommend you do it now. A quick refr...
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What’s Holding You Back From Success?
There aren’t many business professionals in Manchester who haven’t heard of John Shinnick, our most recent podcast guest. He’s the type of person who leaves a lasting impression on anyone fortuna...
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Life After Losing Rachael
“Give back to the people who give to you, look for those who may need your help – give without expecting back.” - Rachael Bland, ‘For Freddie’ In November 2016, the acclaimed BBC presenter, Racha...
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Making the Most of The Worst-Case Scenario
In August 2017, Ruth Naylor was under enormous amounts of stress. She was a newly single mum to two small children, a high-flyer in corporate banking and was about to embark on a new business ventu...
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